Mental Illness Cases On the Rise in Herat: Doctors

Health officials in Herat said that the number of patients with mental illness has surged in the province in recent months. Lack of jobs, family problems and the closure of schools and universities for women are seen as the main reasons for mental illness.
At least 80 percent of the patients are women from nearly 100 people who visit the hospital on a daily basis, said Qadem Mohammadi, head of the mental health ward in Herat’s provincial hospital.